Guest Smeghead Report post Posted May 11, 2002 Sara is getting trained down in OVW/HWA? That's news to me too. When did this happen? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted May 11, 2002 UGH. Oh well, maybe Earthquake will return too, I like him. I'm glad someone agrees with me. Bring back Jimmy Hart to, and have Quake hospitalize everyone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted May 11, 2002 It is a DEVELOPMENTAL DEAL. If you go to wrestling school, and have the right look, you can get a developmental deal. It isn't that much. That Matt dude from TE2 got a developmental deal...is hogan pulling strings for him too. You will probably NEVER see horace on WWF(E) tv. He is just another big guy with experience to toss in with the young guys at HWA. I dunno, it seems like in the past couple months quite a few development guys have been brought in. There's Brock, Randy Orton, Rico, D'von's new bodyguard... who knows who could be next? And how/why is Sara a WWE development deal? Is she really training? I thought she was just a part of the DDP/Undertaker stalker deal, even though she did "beat him in a match" to end the feud. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest alfdogg Report post Posted May 11, 2002 Bring back Jimmy Hart to, I agree somewhat with this. I'd like to see a few more managers, too. and have Quake hospitalize everyone. You already have BROCK~! for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest chirs3 Report post Posted May 11, 2002 I think we're missing a very large point here... ICE CREAM MAN?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest benoitrules2000 Report post Posted May 11, 2002 You've got to be kidding me! If you can't what's going on right now your as blind as stevie wonder! THIS IS HOGAN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE!!! I bet people would have laughed at the idea of him bringing in his exodus of ex-wwf middle-aged fat, slow losers to wcw in 94 and look what happened there:STARRCADE 94-HULK HOGAN VS BRUTUS BEEFCAKE. Yep, should see that talented hoss horace vs hogan at wrestlemania any time now. I'm not kidding either. RIP WWF-2003 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ripper Report post Posted May 12, 2002 It is a DEVELOPMENTAL DEAL. If you go to wrestling school, and have the right look, you can get a developmental deal. It isn't that much. That Matt dude from TE2 got a developmental deal...is hogan pulling strings for him too. You will probably NEVER see horace on WWF(E) tv. He is just another big guy with experience to toss in with the young guys at HWA. I dunno, it seems like in the past couple months quite a few development guys have been brought in. There's Brock, Randy Orton, Rico, D'von's new bodyguard... who knows who could be next? And how/why is Sara a WWE development deal? Is she really training? I thought she was just a part of the DDP/Undertaker stalker deal, even though she did "beat him in a match" to end the feud. But all those guys were there for 2-3 years until they could wrestle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rick001 Report post Posted May 12, 2002 I though Horace was working with the XWF? Think the same goes for Jimmy Hart and Sonny Ono they are both managers in the XWF. Far as Horace coming back as long as he got some skills while he was gone he will be ok otherwise he is a bum. If they bring back The Quake you know he won't get over for time number 196749375938 in the WWE so why really bother. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Human Fly Report post Posted May 12, 2002 The WWF will bring almost anyone in if they are working for XWF or some other promotion. No one knows if Hogan pulled strings but I'm sure he dropped his name to a few people to try and get him in. It's no different then what Edge did to get Christian in. Just be glad El Gigante is not coming back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted May 12, 2002 Regardless of how little or how much he may have improved since the WCW days, regardless of how actually pretty good he's supposed to be with hardcore/deathmatch kind of stuff (I remember hearing something to that effect a few years ago during his WCW run), he's never going to go anywhere. And it isn't totally his fault. I mean, he probably takes all the flak that people want to direct at Hulk Hogan himself but can't or won't for whatever political reasons. So they take it out on Horace. He's never going to get anywhere with the name "Horace Hogan" in any case. The name Hogan is to us the smark community as Satan is to the devout revivalist Christian community (i.e. the most foulest and evil of names, don't say it in our presence), so you know we'll always hate him as a general rule just for that alone. And the name Hogan will inevitably draw him into (unfavorable) comparisons with Uncle Hulk with the common fans [let's face it; he doesn't have Uncle Hulk's charisma. Few people do.] It'd be difficult, but the right angle probably could make something out of him, if he's got this improved ring ability. You know, bitter relative trying to escape the shadow of a legendary predecessor. Maybe he's bullied for being Hulk's nephew and Hulk starts bailing him out, but Horace hates being bailed out by his uncle because that just enforces and cements that he's just the lackey nephew so he turns on Hulk [and then they feud and Hulk jobs to him...and while I'm dreaming, I'd like a pony too] and angrily renounces the "Hogan" name and rechristens himself Horace (something) or whatever. Was he hired primarily because of Uncle Hulk's pull/influence? Almost certainly. But that doesn't make him an evil unworthy guy. Hell, Stu Hart pulled strings with Vince to get Bret in the WWF door way back in the day...and I think Bret's WWF career (for the most part) absolves all parties there. Horace is very unlikely to become the next Bret Hart of course, and I seriously doubt it. But you never know. I sure as hell didn't think in early 1997 that the bland goof Rocky Miavia would still be around 4 years later, much less become the biggest crossover star in WWF history and one of its best headliners...wrestling's funny like that. [Who in 1988 thought that Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart would be fighting for the WWF title in a few years?] One of Scott Keith's netcop rants way back in the day dealt with this subject, and it was spot on. Go read it if you can find it. "Sick Boy a Mania could still end up running wild in 2006" (paraphrase). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted May 12, 2002 It is a DEVELOPMENTAL DEAL. If you go to wrestling school, and have the right look, you can get a developmental deal. It isn't that much. That Matt dude from TE2 got a developmental deal...is hogan pulling strings for him too. You will probably NEVER see horace on WWF(E) tv. He is just another big guy with experience to toss in with the young guys at HWA. I dunno, it seems like in the past couple months quite a few development guys have been brought in. There's Brock, Randy Orton, Rico, D'von's new bodyguard... who knows who could be next? And how/why is Sara a WWE development deal? Is she really training? I thought she was just a part of the DDP/Undertaker stalker deal, even though she did "beat him in a match" to end the feud. But all those guys were there for 2-3 years until they could wrestle. Under this logic, then since Horace Hogan already had wrestled in WCW for a while he'd just be trained for a short while (a year or so) and brought back into the big time a la Mark Henry. Though I honestly know nothing of Horace Hogan or how good or bad he's supposed to be, the dream storyline of him turning on Hulk certainly does sound appealing, even if it's just that, a dream... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vyce Report post Posted May 13, 2002 I don't know if Horace has gotten better since WCW or not. However, that said, having seen Horace in WCW I can honestly say that even as shitty as he may have been then, he was BETTER than guys like Bradshaw or Big Show are today, and they're in main event angles. So I suppose I should be outraged that Hogan's pulling power plays, but I just can't get myself worked up. I'm over my "I hate Hogan because he's a backstage politicking monster" phase. Now I'm all about hating the Game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Redhawk Report post Posted May 14, 2002 Since when the fuck did Flair have stroke? Have you been watching wrestling lately? He's 50 years old and wrestling for the World title on RAW. His sorry-ass son has a WWE developmental deal, got on WWE TV during the Taker feud, after which JR put him over as a "young lion" or whatever. He's in a feud with the company's No. 1 or 2 babyface (Austin). He leads the company's No. 1 heel faction. Arn Anderson -- despite bringing nothing more than "Yep" and "Okay" to the table -- is on TV every week. Sounds like stroke to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
